Private-Sector Jobs Help Lower Unemployment Rates

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If you are wondering where to go to find a job, look no further than the Jefferson Rehabilitation Center in Watertown, also known as JRC.

"We have about 80-plus positions," executive director Howard Gantor said. "We have most of the positions in our residential program."

It's private-sector companies like JRC that Cheryl Mayforth of the Jefferson-Lewis WorkPlace says are contributing to the dip in the unemployment rate. Rates in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties all decreased about 2 percent from June of last year.

"Economists consider full employment at 5.5 (percent), so we are getting down to a really good, manageable level in the area," Mayforth said.